Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904

Yeshwanth, H. M. & Chérot, F., 2019, The Indian Mecistoscelini (Insecta, Heteroptera, Miridae, Mirinae): A preliminary review, Zootaxa 4711 (1), pp. 157-174 : 166

Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904

Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904: 420 (as new species, DV, head). Mystilus priamus: Lansbury 1963: 2 , 8–9 (redescription, parameres); Schuh 1995: 684 (catalog); Kerzhner & Josifov 1999: 202 (catalog); Schuh 2002 –2013 (online catalog); Aukema, Rieger & Rabitsch 2013: 243 (catalog).

Diagnosis. Inner margins of eyes with yellow fascia and the interocular region bluish black. Eyes dark brown. Antennal segments I dark brown apically pale yellow, segments II, III and IV dark brown. Pronotal collar yellow. Pronotal disk and callosities bluish black. Callosities rounded, separated medially, reaching lateral margins in dorsal view. Mesoscutum almost covered, brown. Scutellum yellowish-brown to brown. Hemelytra whitish, translucent. Base of clavii and coria brownish. Apex of corium, cunei and base of membrane with a transverse brown stripe. Legs with femora yellowish brown, their apices slightly enlarged. Male genitalic structures as in Figs 38–40 . Right paramere body narrower than other Mystilus species.

Material examined. MYANMAR: Holotype (m): Tenasserim Valley , Myitta (Doherty), Distant Coll. 1911.383 ( BMNH): ( Fig.24 ).

Distribution. Described from “Tenasserim” (presently Tannintai Valley, Tanintharyi, Myanmar), known from China and Philippine Islands (Mindanao), cited from India by Pathak (1968) without locality. Its presence in India should be confirmed.

Figures

FIGURES 38–45. 38–40. Male genitalia of Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904. 38. Right paramere. 39. Left paramere. 40. Aedeagus. 41–45. Thoracic pleura of Indian Mecistoscelini. 41. Mecistoscelis scirtetoides Reuter, 1891. 42. Mecistosceloides tonkinensis Carvalho, 1992. 43. Mystilus antrami Distant, 1909. 44. Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963. 45. Mystilus manipurensis n. sp.

FIGURES 22–25. Habitus in dorsal view of Mystilus types preserved in BMNH. 22. Mystilus antrami Distant, 1909. 23. Mystilus manni Distant, 1909 (new synonym of M. antrami). 24. Mystilus carinatus Lansbury, 1963. 25. Mystilus priamus Distant, 1904.